COMPONENTS OF THE DIFFERENCE IN HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATIONS IN BLOOD BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES

1979 ◽  
Vol 109 (5) ◽  
pp. 539-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
LINDA D. MEYERS ◽  
JEAN-PIERRE HABICHT ◽  
CLIFFORD L. JOHNSON
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
White Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Difference

scholarly journals Black-White Differences in 20-year Trends in Cardiovascular Risk in the United States, 1990-2010

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uchechi A. Mitchell ◽  
Jennifer A. Ailshire ◽  
Jung Ki Kim ◽  
Eileen M. Crimmins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Black Women ◽  
White Women ◽  
Total Population ◽  
White Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lipid Lowering ◽  
Black And White

Objective: Improvements in the Black- White difference in life expectancy have been attributed to improved diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and declines in cardiovascular disease mortal­ity. However, it is unclear whether race differences in total cardiovascular risk and the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors have improved in the United States since the 1990s.Design: Serial cross-sectional design.Setting: Data from the 1988-1994, 1999- 2002, and 2009-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).Methods: We estimated total cardiovascu­lar risk levels, the prevalence of high-risk cardiovascular risk factors and the use of antihypertensive and lipid-lowering drugs among US Black and White men and women to determine whether differential changes occurred from 1990-2010.Results: Total cardiovascular risk declined for all races from 1990-2010. The Black- White difference was only significant in 2000 and sex-specific analyses showed that trends seen in the total population were driven by changes among women. Black and White men did not differ in risk at any time during this period. Conversely, Black women had significantly higher risk than White women in 1990 and 2000; this dif­ference was eliminated by 2010. Improved diagnosis and treatment of high blood pres­sure and high cholesterol reduced risk in the total population; improved blood pressure and lipid profiles among Black women and increasing obesity prevalence among White women specifically contributed to the nar­rowing of the Black-White difference in risk among women.Conclusion: Cardiovascular risk and racial disparities in risk declined among US Whites and Blacks due to greater use and effective­ness of lipid-lowering and antihypertensive medications.Ethn Dis. 2019;29(4):587-598; doi:10.18865/ed.29.4.587

scholarly journals The incidence of urinary incontinence across Asian, black, and white women in the United States

2010 ◽  
Vol 202 (4) ◽  
pp. 378.e1-378.e7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary K. Townsend ◽  
Gary C. Curhan ◽  
Neil M. Resnick ◽  
Francine Grodstein
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
White Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black And White

scholarly journals Neighborhood Deprivation and Preterm Birth among Non-Hispanic Black and White Women in Eight Geographic Areas in the United States

2007 ◽  
Vol 167 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. O'Campo ◽  
J. G. Burke ◽  
J. Culhane ◽  
I. T. Elo ◽  
J. Eyster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Preterm Birth ◽  
White Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Neighborhood Deprivation ◽  
Black And White

scholarly journals Small-for-Gestational-Age Births Among Black and White Women: Temporal Trends in the United States

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cande V. Ananth ◽  
Kitaw Demissie ◽  
Michael S. Kramer ◽  
Anthony M. Vintzileos
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Small For Gestational Age ◽  
White Women ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black And White
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